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The price of gasoline's certainly lower than the record highs of this past summer. But are they low enough? More »
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The futures price of a barrel of crude oil closed today at $69.85, down $4.69 a barrel since trading ended yesterday. This is the first time oil closed below $70 a barrel since June 2007, which forced us to ask the question: 'How much did a gallon of regular cost in June 2007?' Well, after a quick hunt we found the answer was $3 a gallon, with a low price of $2.75 in Jackson, Mississippi and the high in Chicago at $3.39. Where does that leave us? With a desire to shake our fists at big oil about why gas prices haven't come down...only to find out they have, and match the historical record almost perfectly. Dagnabit. [NYTimes, Gas prices from: CarSeek] More »
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As MSNBC reports, crude oil prices are creeping upward on reports of positive economic news around the globe, but not before they hit their lowest price in over a year on Friday: $77.70 a barrel. Turns out the global recession is lowering demand for oil, forcing prices into an overall downward trend, a cycle at least one analyst expects to continue in the short term. The result at home has been a drop in gas prices from a national average of $4.11 per gallon in mid-July to the current $3.35 for a gallon of dino-juice — just the thing to prop up consumer confidence, at least until OPEC's special meeting next month, which actually might have more to do with propping up the Dow Jones Industrial Average today than anything else. So do your part, folks: Drive your cars or the domestic terrorists on Wall Street win! More »
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